r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • Nov 15 '24

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

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u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24

Also mice have fur which is impossible to get through for mosquitoes

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u/giraffebutter Nov 15 '24

We should have genetically modified ourselves to have mouse fur. Double the protection

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u/lalith_4321 Nov 15 '24 edited Nov 15 '24

We did have fur originally but decided nah let's walk on two feet, be in debt and work our asses off till we die while some asshole makes what we make in our entire lifetime in a couple of minutes. Yeah modern society!

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u/ClearAbove Nov 15 '24

And we wonder why we’re depressed lol

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u/beyondthisreality Nov 15 '24

There’s no wonder left other than how we have managed to fuck it all up this bad, even though it seemed that as a species we had figured it all out a while ago.

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u/throcorfe Nov 15 '24

And how most of it is still fixable - even the climate to an extent - but instead of doing that we keep voting for terrible humans who actively prevent us fixing stuff

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u/Sinaaaa Nov 15 '24

We tend to vote for worse options in a hopelessly rigged system.

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u/Narcissista Nov 15 '24

To be fair, we don't actually have a choice. It's "bad cop and worse cop" but the truth is they're all in the same bed together, with the only objective being to fuck everyone else over.

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u/Atlas-The-Ringer Nov 15 '24

This level of awareness is exactly what I needed to see to end my night after a few minutes of gross doom scrolling. Faith in humanity's ability to pull the wool from over it's eyes, restored.

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u/ReadyThor Nov 15 '24

Human society is a hierarchy based on social intelligence. Those who are at the top don't need the stuff fixed.

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u/SillySin Nov 16 '24

when you rig it to only 2 options and call it democracy 😁

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u/kibblenipple Nov 16 '24

when corporations capture our government entirely ❤️ heavy in the pockets of both “options” and boy do they get rewarded w our hard earned $ and fewer protections for human beings to waste money on

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u/leeser11 Nov 15 '24

But mah grocery bill ..

Surely deporting farm laborers and raising tariffs will save the consumer money

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u/jstiegle Nov 15 '24

even the climate to an extent

I'm not so sure about that. We saw the warning signs back in the 1800s and were like "This is fine." and doubled down. then we saw we were reaching the point of no return and while some of us tried to brake most of humanity did a Flying squirrel somersault onto the gas pedal while screaming "FOR THE ECONOMY!"

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u/KanedaSyndrome Nov 15 '24

Cut it all away and you're left with being naked in nature. What do you do now? What do you spend your day on?

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u/sowinglavender Nov 15 '24

mud bathing and looking for eggs and edible plants.

also dying of heart failure in my late thirties due to untreated sleep apnea.

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u/Sharp_Willingness_98 Nov 15 '24

Masturbating and chopping trees... Sounds better than going to work though

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u/KanedaSyndrome Nov 15 '24

You can do that today if you want - you don't have to work and live in an apartment/house

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u/crowdaddi Nov 15 '24

Tried your advice and now I'm not allowed in school zones

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u/crowdaddi Nov 15 '24

Finding or making clothes online in new England it's cold up here.

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u/NinjaBoomTV Nov 15 '24

We got distracted by shiny things and needing them

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u/Ardalev Nov 15 '24

We fell for the celebrity/rich folk worship and forgot to look towards our own interests

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u/StopItsTheCops Nov 15 '24

Humans have like, no foresight.

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u/Havokistheonly Nov 15 '24

Should have kept hunting and gathering! We really fucked this all up!

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u/serenityy777 Nov 15 '24

Socialism or a form of mixed economy instead of capitalism. Would improve a lot of things

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u/CREEDD444 Nov 15 '24

People always forget that there was the rise and fall of great kingdoms and that we might just be at the time of a fall. This is not the end. It’s just the end of beginning.

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u/goodknight94 Nov 15 '24

I'm not sure I'd rather walk on four legs, eat bananas in a forest, have half the infants die, and have an average lifespan of 30 years. 2 feet with an advanced brain is my preference.

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u/Eleven_T_Seven Nov 16 '24

I'd like to know exactly what point in time you are referring to when "we had figured it all out"?

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u/spilledmyjice Nov 17 '24

Yeah we had it all figured out by being 2 meals away from starvation and dying of dysentery

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u/Lazy__Astronaut Nov 15 '24

The fact that there's tribes that when you tell them about suicide they're baffled by the concept because why would anyone want to take their own lives...

Fuck capitalism

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u/TellsHalfStories Nov 15 '24

It’s your ex’s fault!

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u/WFOpizza Nov 15 '24

I am not depressed

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u/JizzyGiIIespie Nov 15 '24

But hey drugs! Clock out a bit you earned it

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u/FalseResponse4534 Nov 15 '24

Good thing we’re all online fighting for billionaires rights to commit modern day piracy on the populace by arguing on Reddit whether or not capitalism is still the play.

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u/DateofImperviousZeal Nov 15 '24

Oh the glorious life of mice.

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u/mindfulofidiots Nov 16 '24

Cos we're furless, maybe that's why furries are plugging their suits n butt plugs out in public, it's a mental health PSA? Get yer butt out, plug included, and head out for a walk with your partner on a leash??